She slowed for a second when the staff hit. An extending staff. Wasn't there some kind of ape creature from Ionia with a weapon like that?

Of course, all it took was angling the shield a bit and letting the staff slide off it and past her to continue her advance. A staff that long wasn't a very useful weapon at close quarters, so unless he had any more tricks, she was just going to impale him when she got close enough.

Not ACTUALLY impale him but like pretend training impalement.